Lawyers across the United States are rallying in support of Pakistani protesters who are opposing recent attacks on the Rule of Law in that country. The latest effort is a Washington D.C. rally organized for Wednesday by the American Bar Association. Tennessee attorneys can learn more about the protest here or protest electronically by adding their name to a TBA petition.

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Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Sophia S. Lee, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and David Pritchard, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge: WELLES

This is a delayed appeal from a conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI). For this conviction, the Defendant, Larry Davis, received a sentence of eleven months and twenty-nine days in the Shelby County Workhouse. In this appeal, the Defendant raises several issues relating to the sufficiency of the evidence, focusing on whether the evidence was sufficient for the jury to determine that he was driving on a public road. The Defendant also contends that the State committed prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument by relating the complete language of the DUI statute to the jury, including driving in an apartment house complex. The Defendant also alleges error by the trial court's failure to take curative action after the State's comments. Finally, the Defendant argues that his arrest was not supported by probable cause because the misdemeanor offense was not committed in the officer's presence. Following a review of the record, we conclude that the evidence is sufficient to support the Defendant's conviction for DUI and that the Defendant's remaining issues are waived. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

The U.S. Supreme Court has not said much in nearly 70 years about the Second Amendment, but that could change in the next few months. The justices are facing a decision about whether to hear an appeal from city officials in Washington, D.C., who want to keep the capital's 31-year ban on handguns.

Seemingly contradictory decisions regarding desegregation from courts across the nation have school administrators not knowing what to do.
"So which ruling do I violate?" asks Bobby Webb, superintendent of schools in Shelby County. "The judge's ruling now, or the earlier rulings that we can't discriminate against people on the basis of the color of their skin?"

Stites & Harbison said last week that its Nashville office will move into the SunTrust Plaza building on Nov. 26, the Tennessean reports.
The Louisville, Ky.-based law firm will take up the eighth and ninth floors and occupy 48,000 square feet of space. It will be the first company to move into the new office tower, which stands at Fifth Avenue North and Commerce Street.

Stephens to talk about Roberts Court

UT law professor Otis H. Stephens will speak about the John Roberts Court as part of a lecture series at Roane State Community College at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

A group of Kenwood Middle School students got to participate in a mock trial during a field trip to the Court of Creativity in Clarksville. The court was created by the Kennedy Law Firm to give "young people an opportunity to learn more about how the legal system functions and the dynamics of a courtroom trial," said attorney Kevin Kennedy. "This experience puts realism into law and order -- and not just the kind the students see on television," said teacher Julie Paulin.

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